Children's Concepts of Average and Representativeness.

Mokros, Jan; Russell, Susan Jo

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Publication Date: 1995

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Children's Concepts of Average and Representativeness.

Mokros, Jan; Russell, Susan Jo

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v26 n1 p20-39 Jan 1995

Interviews with (n=21) fourth, sixth, and eighth graders, who were asked to construct their own notion of average and representativeness in open-ended problems, identified five basic constructions of average as mode, an algorithmic procedure, what is reasonable, midpoint, and a mathematical point of balance. (16 references) (MKR)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Interviews, Mathematics Education, Number Concepts, Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Secondary School Students, Statistics

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Language: English

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